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By HAROLD WILSON
Staff Writer

AUSTIN — The state track meet is back.

And with it, several East Texans are back for a second time.

The UIL state track and field championships fire off at 9 a.m. today with the 3200-meter run and field events.

Champions will be crowned in Class 3A and 4A today. The meet wraps up on Saturday with Class A and 2A.

Pittsburg’s Kendall Wright and Chapel Hill’s Leandria Lee leads the group of returnees.

Wright, a Baylor signee, returns to defend his triple jump crown at 3 p.m. today. The multi-sport star also won gold in the long jump last year, but did not get out of regionals in the event. Nevertheless, Wright qualified for state in the 100, set for 7:15 p.m.

Lee, the lone East Texas girl to win gold in 2007, defends her 200-meter dash title at 8:25 p.m.

Arp brings back its record-setting boys’ 800 relay, which tied the 2A record with a time of 1:26.94 seconds a year ago. The Tigers, a favorite to win the 2A team title, also qualified their 400 and 1600 relays, while Arp senior Trumaine Jones extended his season in two solo events – the long jump and 200.

Elkhart’s Martissa Carwell and Spring Hill’s Leslie Jordan made it back in multiple events yet again.

Jordan sowed up her third straight trip to state, qualifying again in the discus and shot put, events she took second and third in, respectively, last year.

Carwell, who also advanced to state in the high jump, looks to improve on a seventh-place showing in the 200 and eighth-place effort in the 100 from last year.

Others returning to the state track meet at Mike A. Myers Stadium on The University of Texas at Austin campus, and their finish last year in each respective event, includes Robert E. Lee’s Nick McCloud (fourth, 110 hurdles), Kilgore’s Tai’Shea Reese (second, long jump), Harmony’s Jenny DeGoede (fourth, 400), Hawkins’ Ashleigh Simmons (third, 300), Winona’s Buck Thompson (sixth, discus; seventh, shot put) and Overton’s Megan Cook (fourth, pole vault) and Xavier Gardner (eight, 300 hurdles).

Another group of other East Texas earned return trips to state after missing a year.

White Oak’s Catherine Loden highlights the bunch, having set the Class 3A record in the girls’ 3200 in 2006 at 10:47.63 and taking second in the 1600 at the same meet.

Also back after a one-year break is Big Sandy triple jumper Jazz Montgomery, who ran a leg on the Lady Wildcats” 400 relay that took second two years ago; Lindale’s Whitney Binder, who took sixth in the pole vault in 2006 with the Lady Eagles then a member of 3A; and Hawkins hurdler De’Ona Davis and vaulter Madison Gattis, a pair which finished third and sixth, respectively, in their previous appearances.

EAST TEXAS STATE QUALIFIERS

CLASS 5A

ROBERT E. LEE — Nick McCloud (110 hurdles, 14.16)

CLASS 4A

HENDERSON — Adria Jackson (high jump, 5-5) KILGORE — Tai’Shea Reese (long jump, 19-9? LINDALE — Whitney Binder (pole vault, 10-6) PINE TREE — Vanessa Aldridge (100, 11.96; 200, 24.87)

CLASS 3A

BULLARD — Charlie Moore (triple jump, 45-5?) CANTON — Keavon Milton (shot put, 53-4?); Kyle Vogt (800, 2:01.69) CHAPEL HILL — Leandria Lee (200, 25.13) PITTSBURG — Kendall Wright (100, 11.02; triple jump, 48-10?) RUSK — Quinn Anthony (shot put, 51-9) SPRING HILL — Leslie Jordan (discus, 137-4; shot put, 43-4); Amber Moore (3200, 11:44.27), Courtney Newsom (400, 58.62), Scott Powell (400, 49.09) VAN — Boys’ 4x100, 42.96 WHITE OAK — Catherine Loden (3200, 11:05.47), Spenser Lynn (3200, 9:49.57) WILLS POINT — Keifer Davis (800, 2:00.86), Michael Morris (1600, 4:33.56; 3200, 9:52.98) CLASS 2A ARP — Boys’ 4x100 (42.49), Boys’ 4x200 (1:28.00), Boys’ 4x400 (3:24.17), Trumaine Jones (200, 22.12; long jump, 22-6?), Randi Wymer (1600, 5:37.27; 3200, 12:42.00)

BIG SANDY — Jazz Montgomery (triple jump, 38-3) ELKHART — Girls’ 4x400 relay (4:03.56), Martissa Carwell (100, 12.53; 200, 25.11; high jump, 5-3?), Rebecca Jensen (1600, 5:31.50; 3200, 12:16.00) GRAND SALINE — Arny De La Fuente (3200, 10:48.00) HARMONY — Jenny DeGoede (400, 58.88), Colin Hill (110hurdles, 15.55) HAWKINS — Ashleigh Simmons (400, 59.25), De’Ona Davis (100 hurdles, 16.11), Madison Gattis (pole vault, 10-3) UNION GROVE — Kristen Richardson (discus, 114-4) WINONA — Buck Thompson (discus, 168-6; shot put, 55-1?)

CLASS A

ALTO — Boys’ 4x100 (43.93), Boys’ 4x200 (1:31.51), Boys’ 4x400 (3:27.12), Girls’ 4x100 (51.51), Girls’

4x200 (1:49.37)

CAYUGA — Jamie Hope (high jump, 5-4)

GRAPELAND — Javontae McCoy (100, 11.19)

OVERTON — Megan Cook (pole vault, 9-6), Xavier Gardner (300 hurdles, 40.54) SLOCUM — Logan Foster (1600, 4:39.55), Otis Lackey (800, 2:00.17)

UIL State Track & Field Championships

Friday, May 9

Field Events

9:00 a.m. Girls: 3A Long Jump; 1A Pole Vault-e (Megan Cook, Overton)

Boys: 3A Discus; 3A Long Jump; 1A Pole Vault-w 10:00 a.m. Boys: 3A High Jump 10:30 a.m. Girls: 3A Discus (Leslie Jordan, Spring Hill); 4A Long Jump (Tai’Shea Reese, Kilgore)

Boys: 4A Long Jump

12:00 noon Girls: 4A Discus; 1A Long Jump; 3A Pole Vault-e

Boys: 1A Long Jump; 3A Pole Vault-w

12:10 p.m. Girls: 3A High Jump

1:30 p.m. Girls: 2A Long Jump

Boys: 4A Discus; 2A Long Jump (Trumaine Jones, Arp)

2:00 p.m. Boys: 4A High Jump 3:00 p.m. Girls: 1A Discus; 4A Pole Vault (Whitney Binder, Lindale); 3A Triple Jump

Boys: 3A Triple Jump (Charlie Moore, Bullard; Kendall Wright, Pittsburg) 4:00 p.m. Girls: 4A High Jump (Adria Jones, Henderson)

Boys: 3A Shot Put (Keavon Milton, Canton; Quinn Anthony, Rusk) 4:30 p.m. Girls: 4A Triple Jump

Boys: 1A Discus; 4A Triple Jump

5:00 p.m. Girls: 3A Shot Put (Leslie Jordan, Spring Hill)

6:00 p.m. Girls: 1A High Jump (Jamie Hope, Cayuga); 4AShot Put

Boys: 4A Pole Vault

7:00 p.m. Girls: 2A Triple Jump (Jazz Montgomery, Big Sandy)

Boys: 4A Shot Put; 2A Triple Jump

8:00 p.m. Boys: 1A High Jump

Track Events - 3200 Meter Run

9:00 a.m. Girls 3A 3200-meter run (Catherine Loden, White Oak; Amber Moore, Spring Hill) 9:20 a.m. Boys 3A 3200-meter run (Spenser Lynn, White Oak; Michael Morris, Wills Point) 9:40 a.m. Girls 4A 3200-meter run 10:00 a.m. Boys 4A 3200-meter run 10:20 a.m. Girls 1A 3200-meter run 10:40 a.m. Boys 1A 3200-meter run 11:00 a.m. Girls 2A 3200-meter run (Rebecca Jensen, Elkhart)

11:20 a.m. Boys 2A 3200-meter run

3A & 4A Track Events (Schools will compete in the order 3A, 4A) 6:00 p.m. Girls 400-meter relay 6:10 p.m. Boys 400-meter relay (Van) 6:20 p.m. Girls 800-meter run 6:30 p.m. Boys 800-meter run (Keefer Davis, Wills Point; Kyle Vogt, Canton)

6:45 p.m. Girls 100-meter high hurdles

6:55 p.m. Boys 110-meter high hurdles

7:05 p.m. Girls 100-meter dash (Vanessa Aldridge, Pine Tree)

7:15 p.m. Boys 100-meter dash (Kendall Wright, Pittsburg)

7:25 p.m. Girls 800-meter relay

7:35 p.m. Boys 800-meter relay

7:45 p.m. Girls’ 400-meter dash (Courtney Newsom, Spring Hill)

7:55 p.m. Boys’ 400-meter dash (Scott Powell, Spring Hill)

8:05 p.m. Girls 300-meter low hurdles

8:15 p.m. Boys 300-meter intermediate hurdles

8:25 p.m. Girls 200-meter dash — 3A (Leandria Lee, Chapel Hill); 4A (Vanessa Aldridge, Pine Tree)

8:35 p.m. Boys 200-meter dash

8:45 p.m. Girls 1600-meter run (Elkhart)

8:55 p.m. Boys 1600-meter run (Michael Morris, Wills Point)

9:05 p.m. Girls 1600-meter relay

9:15 p.m. Boys 1600-meter relay

Saturday, May 10

Field Events

9:00 a.m. Girls: 2A Pole Vault (Madison Gattis, Hawkins)

Boys: 2A Discus (Buck Thompson, Winona) 10:00 a.m. Girls: 1A Shot Put; 1A Triple Jump

Boys: 2A High Jump; 1A Triple Jump

10:30 a.m. Girls: 2A Discus (Kristen Richardson, Union Grove)

11:00 a.m. Boys: 1A Shot Put

11:30 a.m. Girls: 5A Long Jump

Boys: 5A Long Jump

12:00 noon Girls: 2A High Jump (Martissa Carwell, Elkhart)

Boys: 2A Pole Vault

1:00 p.m. Girls: 2A Shot Put

2:00 p.m. Boys: 2A Shot Put (Buck Thompson, Winona) 2:30 p.m. Girls: 5A Discus 3:00 p.m. Girls: 5A Pole Vault 4:00 p.m. Girls: 5A Triple Jump

Boys: 5A Discus; 5A Triple Jump

5:00 p.m. Girls: 5A High Jump

6:00 p.m. Boys: 5A Pole Vault; 5A Shot Put 7:00 p.m. Girls: 5A Shot Put; Boys: 5A High Jump

Track Events - 3200 Meter Run

9:00 a.m. Girls 5A 3200-meter run

9:20 a.m. Boys 5A 3200-meter run

1A & 2A Track Events

(Schools will compete in the order 1A, 2A)

12:00 noon Girls 400-meter relay — Alto

12:10 p.m. Boys 400-meter relay — Alto (1A); Arp (2A)

12:20 p.m. Girls 800-meter run 12:30 p.m. Boys 800-meter run (Otis Lackey, Slocum)

12:45 p.m. Girls 100-meter high hurdles (De’Ona Davis, Hawkins)

12:55 p.m. Boys 110-meter high hurdles

1:05 p.m. Girls 100-meter dash (Martissa Carwell, Elkhart)

1:15 p.m. Boys 100-meter dash — 1A (Javontae McCoy, Grapeland); 2A (Trumaine Jones, Arp)

1:25 p.m. Girls 800-meter relay — Alto

1:35 p.m. Boys’ 800-meter relay — Alto (1A); Arp (2A)

1:45 p.m. Girls’ 400-meter dash (Jenny DeGoede, Harmony; Ashleigh Simmons, Hawkins)

1:55 p.m. Boys’ 400-meter dash

2:05 p.m. Girls 300-meter low hurdles

2:15 p.m. Boys 300-meter intermediate hurdles (Xavier Gardner, Overton)

2:25 p.m. Girls 200-meter dash (Martissa Carwell, Elkhart)

2:35 p.m. Boys 200-meter dash

2:45 p.m. Girls 1600-meter run (Rebecca Jensen, Elkhart, Randi Wymer, Arp)

2:55 p.m. Boys 1600-meter run (Logan Foster, Slocum)

3:05 p.m. Girls 1600-meter relay (Elkhart)

3:15 p.m. Boys 1600-meter relay — Alto (1A); Arp (2A)

5A Track Events

6:00 p.m. Girls 400-meter relay

6:05 p.m. Boys 400-meter relay

6:10 p.m. Girls 800-meter run

6:15 p.m. Boys 800-meter run

6:25 p.m. Girls 100-meter high hurdles

6:30 p.m. Boys 110-meter high hurdles (Nick McCloud, Robert E. Lee)

6:35 p.m. Girls 100-meter dash

6:40 p.m. Boys 100-meter dash

6:45 p.m. Girls 800-meter relay

6:50 p.m. Boys’ 800-meter relay

6:55 p.m. Girls’ 400-meter dash

7:00 p.m. Boys’ 400-meter dash

7:10 p.m. Girls 300-meter low hurdles

7:15 p.m. Boys 300-meter intermediate hurdles

7:25 p.m. Girls 200-meter dash

7:30 p.m. Boys 200-meter dash

7:35 p.m. Girls 1600-meter run

7:45 p.m. Boys 1600-meter run

7:55 p.m. Girls 1600-meter relay

8:05 p.m. Boys 1600-meter relay